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. >> abernethy: in india ere is often conflict between slims and hindus. but in mumbai this ye there is a joint celebration f islam's ramadan and hinduism's ganh chaturthiestival. both holidays started on t same day, and each fah group celebrating with the other. duringhe festival muslims have attended prayeservices for the hindu elephant headed god ld ganesha while hind feasted at muslim households as theyat down to eatfter their day long fat. that's our progm for now. i'm bob ernethy. there's much more on our web site, including mo about senator kennedy and relign, audio and video dcasts are also available. join us at pbs.org. as we leave y, music from bill and gloria gaith. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by the lilly endowmt captioned by media accesgroup at wgbh access.wgbh.orgs
. >> abernethy: in india ere is often conflict between slims and hindus. but in mumbai this ye there is a joint celebration f islam's ramadan and hinduism's ganh chaturthiestival. both holidays started on t same day, and each fah group celebrating with the other. duringhe festival muslims have attended prayeservices for the hindu elephant headed god ld ganesha while hind feasted at muslim households as theyat down to eatfter their day long fat. that's our progm for now. i'm bob ernethy....
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this is the growth expected from china; while in neighbouring india, the economic fundamentals are also strong. but brazil has stumbled with no clear growth expected until 2010; and as for russia - over reliant on high commodity prices it now risks the spectre of high inflation and high unemployment. and the bric fault lines don't only concern numbers. for its members are fierce competitors and serious mistrust abounds - which is a barrier to enhancing trade and economic cooperation. >>zweig: well the chinese don't trust the indians at all. the indians don't trust the chinese. the 1962 border war seared, forever seared, the brains of indian policy makers. brazilian businessmen complain, over the last couple of years that china came - hu jintao the leader of china visited - promised all kinds of money, left - and then everybody said, where's the money? >>reporter: it's one of those strange historical quirks that now, with their economies so interdependent, china can cooperate easier with america than with its neighbours. as for russia, it does little to garner confidence. the government
this is the growth expected from china; while in neighbouring india, the economic fundamentals are also strong. but brazil has stumbled with no clear growth expected until 2010; and as for russia - over reliant on high commodity prices it now risks the spectre of high inflation and high unemployment. and the bric fault lines don't only concern numbers. for its members are fierce competitors and serious mistrust abounds - which is a barrier to enhancing trade and economic cooperation....
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innovation is essential to achieving prosperity and will push that message next week during a visit to india which has been hard hit by the recession. >>> the university system of maryland plans to cut jobs and freeze hiring. the university has to cut more than $37 million from the budget. the proposal calls for laying off 24 people and eliminating 151 open positions, saving $12 million. other cuts include $3 million of travel expenses, the library budget, and computer support. >>> coming up -- a funding shortage. is to put the brakes on the cash for clunkers program. drivers are still cashing in. we >>> drivers are rushing to car dealerships, looking to trade in gas guzzlers for new models, to take advantage of the cash for clunkers program. congress is working on last- minute efforts to keep the program funded. >> cash for clunkers appears to be a victim of its own success. the $1 billion program had been scheduled to run through november, but after less than one week, it is nearly out of money. that is when congress came in, hours before leaving on its august recess, voting to add $2 bill
innovation is essential to achieving prosperity and will push that message next week during a visit to india which has been hard hit by the recession. >>> the university system of maryland plans to cut jobs and freeze hiring. the university has to cut more than $37 million from the budget. the proposal calls for laying off 24 people and eliminating 151 open positions, saving $12 million. other cuts include $3 million of travel expenses, the library budget, and computer support....
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now, india is reporting its first h1n1-related deaths. the country of more than 1 billion people is steering -- fearing a possible surge in cases with its normal full season are arriving at the same time as asian monsoon season. >> in india, people offering prayer is, holding a fire ritual, asking for protection against the worldwide pandemic. this young boy says, "we want to eradicate this one slip from our country. we praise the almighty that no child or human gets affected by the swine flu." panic is spreading, too. those call center is you get when you fill your bank could be affected. contingency plans are being put in place in the event h1n1 cripple's back offices. india's most famous industry -- bollywood -- has already been hit. two movies have had to postpone shoots. the who nasa's ever caught in has reported cases of h1n1. the most recent report reports of a 10,000 deaths in the period over 98,000 cases in the americas. the who estimates that h1n1 could eventually affect 2 billion people across the globe. they say it is pointles
now, india is reporting its first h1n1-related deaths. the country of more than 1 billion people is steering -- fearing a possible surge in cases with its normal full season are arriving at the same time as asian monsoon season. >> in india, people offering prayer is, holding a fire ritual, asking for protection against the worldwide pandemic. this young boy says, "we want to eradicate this one slip from our country. we praise the almighty that no child or human gets affected by the...
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schools and colleges have closed for a week in india as the spread of h1n1 swine flu is tried to be contained. mumbai has seen 11 of the country's 15 deaths from swine flu. >> the australian government is funding a cull of feral camels. there are at least 1 million that are damages vegetation and infrastructure. welfare groups favor instead to make them infer tile. >> how does a ship disappear near one of the busiest shipping lane in the world? the search is on for a cargo vessel last seen off the coast of france and now missing for two weeks. it may have been taken over by pirates, something unheard of in european waters. >> how can a 4,000 to know cargo ship pass through the english channel two weeks ago, and then simply disappear off the face of the earth? the coast guard received a call from the arctic sea on july 28. what they didn't know is that shed earlier been attacked and boarded in swede issue waters by gunman pretending to be swede issue police. july 23, it set off with a cargo of timber. the next day, it was boarded. the crew tied up, and the ship continued. on july 29th, went th
schools and colleges have closed for a week in india as the spread of h1n1 swine flu is tried to be contained. mumbai has seen 11 of the country's 15 deaths from swine flu. >> the australian government is funding a cull of feral camels. there are at least 1 million that are damages vegetation and infrastructure. welfare groups favor instead to make them infer tile. >> how does a ship disappear near one of the busiest shipping lane in the world? the search is on for a cargo vessel...
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what you would not expect is a person who is not literate coming from india and trying to do medical, but you expect someone to a college in india that they can't afford to treat and being able to buy a ticket. that would be more of a phenomenon against the most educated -- i amongst the most educated. that would be another example. there are about 400,000 births comprising about one out of every 10 births in the u.s.. what percentage of people who are women, who arrived pregnant? -- what percentage of people or women who arrived pregnant? it is hard to get a handle on how big that is potentially. as robert pointed out, if you do not verify, which is what this new bill considers, that could grow much larger. >> i would consider the precedents for medical tourism to be quite strong indeed. in the 1980's and 1990's, we allowed elderly immigrants to come and then get on your program called supplemental security income. in fact, elderly immigrants coming to the u.s. to retire on this welfare program, it was the fastest growing element in u.s. welfare. it was absolutely unprecedented. what
what you would not expect is a person who is not literate coming from india and trying to do medical, but you expect someone to a college in india that they can't afford to treat and being able to buy a ticket. that would be more of a phenomenon against the most educated -- i amongst the most educated. that would be another example. there are about 400,000 births comprising about one out of every 10 births in the u.s.. what percentage of people who are women, who arrived pregnant? -- what...
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it turns out that they are all from india. now, you have 60% unemployment in iraq why the heck are we bringing in foreign workers? you ought to put some people from iraq to work. it just seems that there are no requirements in the contracts that would help the overall cause of putting people to work and stabilizing that country. from your own attendance there, your own observations on the ground, what you think needs to be done first and the fastest? >> i think the first thing we need to do is to encourage the department of defense to make this one of their highest priorities. we have spent in contracting $103 billion, in afghanistan $20 billion, in kuwait $8 billion. we have spent $12.7 billion in countries is supporting afghanistan. what we know is that we do not have enough contract office representatives agreed we do not have enough quality assurance representatives. we do not have enough log cap support officers. we do not have enough people watching the contractors. we have 70% of our contract going to subcontractors. ou
it turns out that they are all from india. now, you have 60% unemployment in iraq why the heck are we bringing in foreign workers? you ought to put some people from iraq to work. it just seems that there are no requirements in the contracts that would help the overall cause of putting people to work and stabilizing that country. from your own attendance there, your own observations on the ground, what you think needs to be done first and the fastest? >> i think the first thing we need to...
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the issue of nuclear proliferation, the dangers of war between india and pakistan, the contagion of any kind of taliban victory into central asia and into the gulf, the implications regionally and globally should we have to walk away from afghanistan i think are catastrophic. and the american public has to be told that. and because that's going to be necessary for us to be able to sustain our effort there for the amount of time it's going to take. we ought to have realistic expectations about what we can accomplish. but let's not fool ourselves into believing that if bin laden were killed tomorrow that we had an easy exit from afghanistan. >> dave snide. >> yes. i mean, usually -- david? >> if the answer is send more foreign troops to afghanistan you probably asked the wrong question. that being said there is for the current administration really no option except for increasing the commitment. their trend lines are not going the right way. and the surge need to turn things around. but again, building afghanistan. we're seeing some progress in afghan security forces. but this is about no
the issue of nuclear proliferation, the dangers of war between india and pakistan, the contagion of any kind of taliban victory into central asia and into the gulf, the implications regionally and globally should we have to walk away from afghanistan i think are catastrophic. and the american public has to be told that. and because that's going to be necessary for us to be able to sustain our effort there for the amount of time it's going to take. we ought to have realistic expectations about...
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one town in india has more than 200 sets of twins. check out that story and much more on myfox.com cfu lick on the off beat section. we're bk inju a moment. this fiber? i'd had my fill. then i found miralax. announcer: miralax is the only brand clinically proven to relieve constipation with no harsh side effects. you'll see. it's clearly different. restore your body's natural rhythm with miralax. >>> dozens of women and children feared dead after a ferry flipped in the south pacific near the island of tonga. most of the passengers were asleep when it happened. hope is fading for survivors after 24 hours in the open water. so far crews rescued 50 people from the ocean. officials confirm to deaths but australia's prime minister believes that death toll will rise because at least 30 people are still missing. >>> afghan officials have lowered the death toll to five in the bombing of a wedding party. initial revcl died when their evehicle hihit mine. this happened as a tractor pulled a trailer to a wedding. rathe cavan hit a roadside bomb.
one town in india has more than 200 sets of twins. check out that story and much more on myfox.com cfu lick on the off beat section. we're bk inju a moment. this fiber? i'd had my fill. then i found miralax. announcer: miralax is the only brand clinically proven to relieve constipation with no harsh side effects. you'll see. it's clearly different. restore your body's natural rhythm with miralax. >>> dozens of women and children feared dead after a ferry flipped in the south pacific...
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is going through the pain of limiting its emissions an china and india aren't, that they can opt out of the legislation. bret. bret: steve brown live in des moines. thanks. a civilian employee from fort louis army base in washington is at the center of a case over constitutional rights of speech and free assembly over over the government's concern over a group that engamed in civil disobedience. correspondent dan springer picked up the story r >> as anti-war groups tried to block this shipment of military equipment from ports in washington state to iraq and afghanistan, they had no idea a spy had infiltrated the ranks. now they are building a case against the man they knew as peace activist john cake could be, who is, in fact, john towery, a civilian army employee assigned to protection division at port arthur, washington. >> i sense a sense of betrayal. i felt like i lost a friend, and in reality, i did. >> the port militarization e assistance, or p.m.r. claims towery, a member of the group for two years and manages an e-mail list was illegally reporting and monitoring activities to
is going through the pain of limiting its emissions an china and india aren't, that they can opt out of the legislation. bret. bret: steve brown live in des moines. thanks. a civilian employee from fort louis army base in washington is at the center of a case over constitutional rights of speech and free assembly over over the government's concern over a group that engamed in civil disobedience. correspondent dan springer picked up the story r >> as anti-war groups tried to block this...
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another even stronger quake hitting just off the coast of india. japanese authorities shut down two nuclear reactors and bullet train service as a precaution. right now, they're carrying out intensive safety checks and inspections, but so far, no major damage or injuries have been reported. >>> in new york city, divers have found the body in the wreckage of a small plane at the bomb of the hudson river, it collided with a helicopter on saturday, resulting in nine deaths. the body is pinned in the wreckage and cannot be recovered right now. the plane could be lifted from the river as early as tomorrow. >>> on wall street, stocks retreated today, as investors locked in profits after a four-week rally. the dow jones industrial averages down 32 points, the s&p 500 lost three, and the nasdaq finished eight points lower. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome to "hardball." south carolina governor, mark sanford, may have more trouble right now, "associated press" reporter jim davinport wroed wrote this -- >>> governor sanford spokesman has a different opini
another even stronger quake hitting just off the coast of india. japanese authorities shut down two nuclear reactors and bullet train service as a precaution. right now, they're carrying out intensive safety checks and inspections, but so far, no major damage or injuries have been reported. >>> in new york city, divers have found the body in the wreckage of a small plane at the bomb of the hudson river, it collided with a helicopter on saturday, resulting in nine deaths. the body is...
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another even stronger quake hitting off the case of india. japanese authorities shut down two nuclear reactors and bullet train service as a precaution number major damage or serious injuries have been reported. nnchts new york city, divers have found the body and wreckage of a small plane at the bottom of the hudson river. that is the plane that collided with a sight seeing helicopter on saturday resulting in nine deaths. divers say the body is pinned in the wreckage. authorities hope to lift the plane from the water later today. meanwhile in, capitol hill, house leaders are scrapping plans to spend $330 million on new high end jets for senior officials. instead, they're asking for only $220 million to replace a handful of older jets that they say have safety and maintenance issues. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." south carolina governor mark sanford may have more trouble right now. associated press reporter jim davenport wrote this. quote, records reviewed by the associated press show that since he took office in 200
another even stronger quake hitting off the case of india. japanese authorities shut down two nuclear reactors and bullet train service as a precaution number major damage or serious injuries have been reported. nnchts new york city, divers have found the body and wreckage of a small plane at the bottom of the hudson river. that is the plane that collided with a sight seeing helicopter on saturday resulting in nine deaths. divers say the body is pinned in the wreckage. authorities hope to lift...
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this car you can buy in india for $2500. that's right a full four-door car seats four people you like a fifth you don't, is now available and selling like crazy. you may wonder, why am i telling you about a car that's only available in india? big news, this car just passed the european union safety and crash test, a car somewhat similar to ours and europeans are already buzzing they're going to be able to buy a car, even with the modifications for european will end up being somewhere around $3500. what about us? i want you to know, for us, this is a clear trend that we are going to see, in the next few years, cars cheaper than you ever imagined, about the price of a motorcycle. i'm clark howard. for more ways to save, go to cnn do cn cnn.come/clarkhoward. >> clark will tell you how to save more and spend less and avoid getting ripped off. how? he'll tell you at noon on the weekends. >>> the president tells you he needs help to get health care reform passed. he picked up the phone and called 140,000 people. new for you in abo
this car you can buy in india for $2500. that's right a full four-door car seats four people you like a fifth you don't, is now available and selling like crazy. you may wonder, why am i telling you about a car that's only available in india? big news, this car just passed the european union safety and crash test, a car somewhat similar to ours and europeans are already buzzing they're going to be able to buy a car, even with the modifications for european will end up being somewhere around...
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what he went through sparked massive protest in india. fans taking to the street outraged at america. what this is all about coming up. >>> having trouble parallel parking. wait until you see what this kid can do. lower your bad cholesterol but your good cholesterol and triglycerides are still out of line? then you may not be seeing the whole picture. ask your doctor about trilipix. statin to lower bad cholesterol, along with diet, adding trilipix can lower fatty triglycerides and raise good cholesterol to help improve all three cholesterol numbers. trilipix has not been shown to prevent heart attacks or stroke more than a statin alone. trilipix is not for everyone, including people with liver, gallbladder, or severe kidney disease, or nursing women. tell your doctor about all the medicines you take and if you are pregnant or may become pregnant. blood tests are needed before and during treatment to check for liver problems. contact your doctor if you develop unexplained muscle pain or weakness, as this can be a sign of a rare but serious
what he went through sparked massive protest in india. fans taking to the street outraged at america. what this is all about coming up. >>> having trouble parallel parking. wait until you see what this kid can do. lower your bad cholesterol but your good cholesterol and triglycerides are still out of line? then you may not be seeing the whole picture. ask your doctor about trilipix. statin to lower bad cholesterol, along with diet, adding trilipix can lower fatty triglycerides and...
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. >>> the new security measures go into effect the same weekend one of india's biggest move i stars was reportedly detained for two hours. it happened at newark's airport after immigration officials spotted the word khan in .s name. the bollywood superstar was on his way to chicago when he was held for questioning. customs officials d ieny the clm and say he was questioned for a little over an hour as part of a standard process for screening foreign travelers. coincidentally, khan was heading to chicago to promote his new film about racial profiling. >>> up next on "news 4 today," grab the sunscreen. it's going to be a sweltering sunday. chuck bell's full forecast coming up next. >>> and he dominated in college. the nationals betting he'll do the same for them. details of a record-setting offer coming up. >>> their canvas is a concrete wall. 100 artists creating one massive work of art in northeast. they are painting a mural in the edgewood neighborhood. when they are done, the mural will be longer than a football field. artists of all ages andarying talents are taking part. if you woul
. >>> the new security measures go into effect the same weekend one of india's biggest move i stars was reportedly detained for two hours. it happened at newark's airport after immigration officials spotted the word khan in .s name. the bollywood superstar was on his way to chicago when he was held for questioning. customs officials d ieny the clm and say he was questioned for a little over an hour as part of a standard process for screening foreign travelers. coincidentally, khan was...
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from talking about chinese banks, let's go over to india. ayesha joins us for the india business report. >> thanks for that, christine. part of the global rebound today, 4473 for the nifty right now. good gains coming in. 15,000 plus for the sensex, as well. that was a disapointing and dance because most marketmen were expect ago lists at 110. so adani power is one of the stocks in focus. almost 22 times is how the ipo was subscribed. besides that, sterlite industry sess one particular focus in stock today. sterlite has now matched a group of mexico's pay to about $2.1 billion is the exact figure over there. when we spoke to the company, they say they're upping the cash component by about $500 million from the previous bid. so both of these stocks in focus. with that, it's back to you. >> ayesha, thank you very much for that, live in mumbai. missing analysts forecasts. for the six months to june, net profit eked out a gain of 1.4% as revenue rose 8.9% from the year before. and taking a look at shares of china mobile, down 0.2%, 82.58 in hong
from talking about chinese banks, let's go over to india. ayesha joins us for the india business report. >> thanks for that, christine. part of the global rebound today, 4473 for the nifty right now. good gains coming in. 15,000 plus for the sensex, as well. that was a disapointing and dance because most marketmen were expect ago lists at 110. so adani power is one of the stocks in focus. almost 22 times is how the ipo was subscribed. besides that, sterlite industry sess one particular...
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jeff sachs joined me after a recent trip to china and india and pointed out clearly that not only are those countries do okay, but in some ways they're thriving, growing at 5, 6, 7%, even as the u.s. economy retracts. and ultimately, this global meltdown could be a tipping point from both of those countries to truly standing on par in some real ways with the u.s. and europe. other interesting unintended consequences, as we heard the president of iran, ahmadinejad, say he was going to make fairly significant appointments of women to his cabinet, that was certainly not the expectation three to six months ago as the election in iran neared, certainly not as the chaos that ensued. but what's so interesting about the world, you never know exactly what's going to happen and some of the pushback that's happened in iran has led to that. and it led me to wonder, what will be the consequences or unintended consequences of this august recess? the obama administration feared the recess, thinking it would put a stop on health care reform. but what if this new strategy brings president obama out, u
jeff sachs joined me after a recent trip to china and india and pointed out clearly that not only are those countries do okay, but in some ways they're thriving, growing at 5, 6, 7%, even as the u.s. economy retracts. and ultimately, this global meltdown could be a tipping point from both of those countries to truly standing on par in some real ways with the u.s. and europe. other interesting unintended consequences, as we heard the president of iran, ahmadinejad, say he was going to make...
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china and india are pressed to take the rest of our jobs. their energy policies will handle this because we will not compete. available, affordable, energy. that is the future of this country. we will never have the resources to pay down the debt if we do not have a piper economy. but we do not grill, -- drill, opec will. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome national logger -- blogger. >> good morning. i hope you are enjoying a great lineup. what a great conference we are having, right? absolutely. i am thinking to myself, americans for prosperity some of you may remember a time when that would have been considered a redundancy, americans for prosperity. that is like say slimmers for getting wet. -- saying swimmers for guessing what. america was built for prosperity. american prosperity was an accident of history and geography. we did happen to land on a continent with a lot of natural resources. you just have to know how to use them. we happen to build a mighty arsenal of the market sea around the world for almost a century. -- market around th
china and india are pressed to take the rest of our jobs. their energy policies will handle this because we will not compete. available, affordable, energy. that is the future of this country. we will never have the resources to pay down the debt if we do not have a piper economy. but we do not grill, -- drill, opec will. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome national logger -- blogger. >> good morning. i hope you are enjoying a great lineup. what a great conference we are having, right?...
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this would be myanmar, this india. a tsunami watch has been issued for this ocean area as that 7.6 struck at about 20 miles deep. that could be shallow enough to push the ocean floor just enough to make a tsunami. also now back closer to basically japan right off the shore about 100 miles from tokyo, there was a 6.4 right there. and there is a tsunami advisory nearly a warning, a little stepped up from the watch there, but they expect that tsunami might only be a foot and a half, wolf. so, that would be a way that if you're right onshore you could be in trouble with it, but nothing that would go very, very far inland like we know that the tsunami did back in 2004 there. so, such a deadly situation there in 2004. this is nothing, nothing like that. >> this was a 7.6. how big of an earthquake was the one that devastated indonesia and thailand? >> over 9.0 on that one. >> wow. >> and you have to realize that between the 7.0 and the 9.0, it's not just two numbers. it's over and over, log rhythmic up from 7.0 to 9.0. >> we'
this would be myanmar, this india. a tsunami watch has been issued for this ocean area as that 7.6 struck at about 20 miles deep. that could be shallow enough to push the ocean floor just enough to make a tsunami. also now back closer to basically japan right off the shore about 100 miles from tokyo, there was a 6.4 right there. and there is a tsunami advisory nearly a warning, a little stepped up from the watch there, but they expect that tsunami might only be a foot and a half, wolf. so, that...
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be at issue as well as afghanistan, the issue of new beer proliferation, the dangers of four between india and pakistan the contagion o any type of taliban victory into central asia and into the gulf. the implications regionally and globally, should we have to walkway from afghanistan? that i catastrophic. the american public ha to be told and because that will be necessary fo us to sustain our efforts for the amount of time it will take but we are to have realistic expectaons about what we canccomplish but let's t foo ourselves into believing if bin laden were killed tomorrow, that we have the easy exit from afghanistan. >> usually if the awer is said to mo foreign troops, you have probably cost the ong question. th behng said, theurre administraon has no option except for increasinthe commitment. the trend lines are not going thright way and research needs to turn things aroun but we are seeing some progress in afghan security forces, but this is about afghan lives so we will the simp efforts and things ke the economy, a simple covenants the judiciary system and even religion because muc
be at issue as well as afghanistan, the issue of new beer proliferation, the dangers of four between india and pakistan the contagion o any type of taliban victory into central asia and into the gulf. the implications regionally and globally, should we have to walkway from afghanistan? that i catastrophic. the american public ha to be told and because that will be necessary fo us to sustain our efforts for the amount of time it will take but we are to have realistic expectaons about what we...
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this really funny video from india. this is a cab driver who has perfected the art of driving backwards. he does this with every single person. he had a problem with his car. he returned from a party and there was a fault where the reverse gear was the only thing that worked. this is his primary source of income so the guy was like if i can only go backwards i better learn how to drive backwards. now he can go 50 miles an hour driving backwards. he renamed the car the back gear champian. just develop new skill. >> new york taxi drivers can't even drive front way. >> it's further evidence it's the year of the indian. >> it is. >> let's go to the u.k. where this is an interesting approach -- >> i'm going to eat it if no one else is. >> you know on amusement park rides and your arms go up and you go whoo-hoo, that's been banned at a specific theme park in the u.k. because of body odor. basically they're saying is going to get hot here, up to 84 degrees. managers expect -- she's sniffing her armpit, isn't she? >> it looks l
this really funny video from india. this is a cab driver who has perfected the art of driving backwards. he does this with every single person. he had a problem with his car. he returned from a party and there was a fault where the reverse gear was the only thing that worked. this is his primary source of income so the guy was like if i can only go backwards i better learn how to drive backwards. now he can go 50 miles an hour driving backwards. he renamed the car the back gear champian. just...
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. >>> sri lanka and india teaming up with the national zoo this weekend. >> and holly morris is learning what is going on on the asia elephant day celebration. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there will be a lot going on on saturday, for you to enjoy and celebrate all that the asian elephants have to offer here at the national zoo. and they are coming over to be on tv with us to show their best sides. in the yard with me, i should say, besides these two, is tony bargeel who is the curator for large mammals. so let's talk about what is going on on saturday and the importance of the day. >> great. yeah. well saturday we're celebrating the asian elephants and there is so much to talk about here. we want to talk to people and help bring people in to celebrate with us, to talk about the conservation stories and the important research here at the zoo and in the range countries. >> and why should we care? >> well we care about them because they are amazing animals. there are only 35-50,000 asian elephants left in the wild. >> reporter: which is not a lot. >> it is not a lot. the
. >>> sri lanka and india teaming up with the national zoo this weekend. >> and holly morris is learning what is going on on the asia elephant day celebration. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there will be a lot going on on saturday, for you to enjoy and celebrate all that the asian elephants have to offer here at the national zoo. and they are coming over to be on tv with us to show their best sides. in the yard with me, i should say, besides these two, is...
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the issue of nuclear proliferation, the dangers of war between india and pakistan. the kind of taliban victory into central asia and into the gulf. the implications regionally and globally: should we have to walk away from afghanistan, i think are catastrophic. and the american public has to be told that. and because that's going to be necessary for us to be able to sustain our effort there for the amount of time it's going to take. we aught to have realistic expectations about what we can accomplish. but let's not fool ourselves into believing that if bin laden were killed tomorrow that we had an easy et from afghanistan. >> david? >> yes. usually if the answer is foreign troops to afghanistan, you probably asked the wrong question. that being said, there is for the current administration really no option except increasing the commitment. their trend lines are not going the right way. and the surge needs to turn things arounded. but again those in afghanistan, we're seeing some progress in afghanistan security forces. but it is not just war but afghanistan life. we
the issue of nuclear proliferation, the dangers of war between india and pakistan. the kind of taliban victory into central asia and into the gulf. the implications regionally and globally: should we have to walk away from afghanistan, i think are catastrophic. and the american public has to be told that. and because that's going to be necessary for us to be able to sustain our effort there for the amount of time it's going to take. we aught to have realistic expectations about what we can...
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you talked about how some regions of india and will have higher percentage of voting. to give us some more perspective, specifically in those two provinces, what do you expect the voter turnout to become to give us a perspective on the south and east? > is difficult to predict exactly on the day and measure the number of people who have the confidence you can come forward -- who will have the confidence to come forward. certainly it stands to reason that those people living in areas that have been subject to the most recent security operations will probably fall in one camp or the other pretty readily. they will either relish the opportunity to take part in normal activities, or they might fear that the presence of troops to remove the threat of the insurgents is such that maybe they do not feel secure given that there has been a sense of engagement and activities involving troops and aircraft near the vicinity. i think it is important for them to take part in the activities and move out of their communities and take part in this process. i would think we're looking at
you talked about how some regions of india and will have higher percentage of voting. to give us some more perspective, specifically in those two provinces, what do you expect the voter turnout to become to give us a perspective on the south and east? > is difficult to predict exactly on the day and measure the number of people who have the confidence you can come forward -- who will have the confidence to come forward. certainly it stands to reason that those people living in areas that...
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they see the regime as being overly friendly towards india, so they are sheltering these as an asset on behalf of pakistan. it will be difficult to be successful meaningfully in afghanistan as long as group like this network and the taliban continue to be harbored without interference on the pakistani side of the border. host: this morning this writer writes the article saying "american officials have grown increasingly disenchanted with karzai's leadership of the past five years. " guest: yes, it is certainly cause for concern. one of the things we realized this summer is that governments, the ability to govern, or degree to which is correct, or taking predatory actions -- this is a winner of this position. will not fall to the network or the taliban anytime soon, but we have been discharged and largely by the way, some of the behavior that thoughkarzai government has engaged -- that the karzai has engaged in of the last few years. the corruption. everywhere i went this past summer, every direction -- all over afghanistan, each identified government corruption. we have some issues w
they see the regime as being overly friendly towards india, so they are sheltering these as an asset on behalf of pakistan. it will be difficult to be successful meaningfully in afghanistan as long as group like this network and the taliban continue to be harbored without interference on the pakistani side of the border. host: this morning this writer writes the article saying "american officials have grown increasingly disenchanted with karzai's leadership of the past five years. "...
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asked your last guest if he would elaborate -- he conveniently left out -- why are contractors from india dressed as civilians along the afghan-iranian border building pipelines and roads? why did he conveniently leave that out? people need to wake up in this country and what these neo-cons are all about. thank you for allow me to speak. host: thank you for making the call. margaret, republican, mobile, alabama. caller: thank you for taking my call. a question regarding the health care debate. excuse me. all of our representatives and alabama are republican and i have been waiting for them to have town hall meetings so we can join in the debate and i have heard nothing. i have written to our representatives and the only response i get is that they are opposed to president obama's plan but there is nothing about people -- they say nothing about what republican proposals are to do something about the bob cost of health care. so i would like for someone to challenge the republicans to find out what it is they are proposing that you do about the rising cost of health care. host: next comment
asked your last guest if he would elaborate -- he conveniently left out -- why are contractors from india dressed as civilians along the afghan-iranian border building pipelines and roads? why did he conveniently leave that out? people need to wake up in this country and what these neo-cons are all about. thank you for allow me to speak. host: thank you for making the call. margaret, republican, mobile, alabama. caller: thank you for taking my call. a question regarding the health care debate....
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chelsea clinton with her mother, india, many places. this is the first in recent memory that i've seen where they travel as a family. with the father. this is a great opportunity to see some places and learn some things. i would say that this is a family that likes to be together. >> i'm always mindful that the pressures of the job not get in the way of me spending time with malia and sasha. >> reporter: but is the travel inappropriate at a time of recession? katie couric asked the president. >> do i think the american people think that, because those hardships, i shouldn't spend a little time with my daughters? i don't think that's how the american people think about it. >> reporter: the obamas see this as a family learning experience to travel with their children, and the white house points out that the obamas pay for all the travel costs associated with the children's travel. and camp obama, by the way, isn't over. it continues next week at martha's vineyard. julie? >> can i enroll? you and me both, bill. bill plante outside the whit
chelsea clinton with her mother, india, many places. this is the first in recent memory that i've seen where they travel as a family. with the father. this is a great opportunity to see some places and learn some things. i would say that this is a family that likes to be together. >> i'm always mindful that the pressures of the job not get in the way of me spending time with malia and sasha. >> reporter: but is the travel inappropriate at a time of recession? katie couric asked the...
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that show, that is where they show off all of their aircraft to the world, to countries like china and india and they market that. that obviously wasn't a very good marketing tool yesterday at that air show. the squadron leader of the sequoia 27 killed on impact to the ground. jane: to the city of chicago now where things have shut down. the city has shut down. we're not kidding here. jon: chicago is closed? jane: the budget cuts there have forced the city really to tell all nonessential workers stay home today, we're not going to pay you so don't show up. that means no garbage pickup, most of the city offices are closed, libraries won't open up. steve brown is essential to us. he's on the job. explain to me here who is furloughed. >> well, it's basically all public employees, minus those that work for the fire, police department, and emergency services. you hit a lot of the majors. garbage isn't going to be collected today, senior centers are close. medical and health clinics run by the city are not open. and city hall is shut down. it affects all of those folks. jane: i hate to say this bu
that show, that is where they show off all of their aircraft to the world, to countries like china and india and they market that. that obviously wasn't a very good marketing tool yesterday at that air show. the squadron leader of the sequoia 27 killed on impact to the ground. jane: to the city of chicago now where things have shut down. the city has shut down. we're not kidding here. jon: chicago is closed? jane: the budget cuts there have forced the city really to tell all nonessential...
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they see the regime as being overly friendly towards india, so they are sheltering these as an asset on behalf of pakistan. it will be difficult to be successful meaningfully in afghanistan as long as group like this network and the taliban continue to be harbored without interference on the pakistani side of the border. host: this morning this writer writes the article saying "american officials have grown increasingly disenchanted with karzai's leadership of the past five years. " guest: yes, it is certainly cause for concern. one of the things we realized this summer is that governments, the ability to govern, or degree to which is correct, or taking predatory actions -- this is a winner of this position. will not fall to the network or the taliban anytime soon, but we have been discharged and largely by the way, some of the behavior that thoughkarzai government has engaged -- that the karzai has engaged in of the last few years. the corruption. everywhere i went this past summer, every direction -- all over afghanistan, each identified government corruption. we have some issues w
they see the regime as being overly friendly towards india, so they are sheltering these as an asset on behalf of pakistan. it will be difficult to be successful meaningfully in afghanistan as long as group like this network and the taliban continue to be harbored without interference on the pakistani side of the border. host: this morning this writer writes the article saying "american officials have grown increasingly disenchanted with karzai's leadership of the past five years. "...
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we are competing against india, china, singapore, korea. gretchen: so many people would take you to task by saying that you could use the money that you already have for education and spend it more wisely. >> we have done that. we did not produce the results by accident. we did it by targeting spending. we said, here is money for pre- k education. here is money for after-school tutoring. here is money to put a laptop in every desk in a high school. brian: newt gingrich, jeb bush, and the president all seem to agree. i think we could use something, a topic that we get along with it, rather than the friction which health-care greenspan. >> i agree. spending, if it is done well, and targeted, it can make the difference. that was my message to the legislature. they should be proud of what they have done. the appropriated the money. steve: it is always progress when we get you on the show, governor ed rendell. thank you. gretchen: a high school official now on trial for city in a prayer in school banquet. she did not even deliver it. her husband
we are competing against india, china, singapore, korea. gretchen: so many people would take you to task by saying that you could use the money that you already have for education and spend it more wisely. >> we have done that. we did not produce the results by accident. we did it by targeting spending. we said, here is money for pre- k education. here is money for after-school tutoring. here is money to put a laptop in every desk in a high school. brian: newt gingrich, jeb bush, and the...